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Fire near Tuntum

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by repeated, intense satellite detections (or by official information).

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, agricultural burning) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.

Where Tuntum · Maranhão
First detected16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC
Last detected16 Oct 2026 18:45 UTC
Satellite detections17
Peak intensity453 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Tuntum (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-15) Before — Tuntum (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-07) Before · 2026-09-07 After · 2026-10-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 17

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Oct 2026 18:45 UTC220firms
16 Oct 2026 18:45 UTC453firms
16 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC14firms
16 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC33firms
16 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC27firms
16 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC14firms
16 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC14firms
16 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC29firms
16 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC23firms
16 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC18firms
16 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC29firms
16 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC30firms
16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC30firms
16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC14firms
16 Oct 2026 16:33 UTC9firms

Official & data sources

INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗

All fires on 16 Oct 2026

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